LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 322, 26 May 1869, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Bluff, May 25, 6.30 p.m. The Gothenburg arrived at 5.15 p.m.; left Melbourne on the 20bu; had fine weather on the passage. Sails for Port Chalmers to-morrow night. Passengers for Dunedin — Mr and Mrs Hay, Miss Ford, Messrs Herman, Cooke, Anderson, Ford, and Hunter. For Lyttelton — Mr Nichol. Melbourne, May 20. T. C. Mitchell, son of Sir Thomas Mitchell, has committed suicide ; it is supposed through jealousy. James Fuller has been committed for trial ; he purposed setting fire to a house on Sunday. Thomas Daly has been arrested, charged with the murder of the woman Lynch. Lectures under the auspices of the short hour movement are going on successfully. The Sydney Government is extending storm signals along the coast. Elizabeth Grady was found drowned in the Tarra. A party, led by George Monger, started from Western Australia to discover traces of Leichardt. Harry Fuller has been burned in a bake-house at Ballarat. Geo. Lea was accidentally poisoned at Beechworth Hospital by drinking laudanum instead of black draught. Flour has declined in price, owing to large importations. Ettershank and others appearance at the Bar of the House is postponed. A bill has been brought in authorising the construction of a railway to the Murray. Burnes, a clerk of the Commercial Bank, is committed for a forgery of £2000. The journeyman bakers short hour movement continues. The Rev. "William Hill was murdered by Eitson in Pentridge Stockade on May 13, while in the act of prayer in his cell. Large sympathy was excited, and the funeral was numerously attended. Subscription lists have been opened for Mr Hill's children. The Government agreed to give support. The markets are steady, and but little speculation is going on. Flour has sensibly declined and is now quoted at £13 10s. Sydney, May 19. The great case of Wolfskell v. Mitchell has been decided in favour of Mitchell's heirs. Costs given. The Barb was sold to Mr Eeynolds for stud purposes. The squatters at Dubbo have

memorialised the Government for an extension of licenses. . . ..... The Mayor of Darnell is dead. Adelaide, May 19. Markets are rising. Twenty tons of ore yielded 30 per cent of copper at the Prince Alfred mine.